Table 1Transition record

scientific laboratory techniciantobacteriology technician

A scientific laboratory technician already meets 50% of what the bacteriology technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From scientific laboratory technician

50%

Overlap1

To bacteriology technician

18 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

53 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 53

This move: 53 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the bacteriology technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the scientific laboratory technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bacteriology technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a scientific laboratory technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation information skills
already held clinical cytology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held immunology health and welfare
already held stem cells natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held analyse cell cultures information skills
already held virology health and welfare

All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the bacteriology technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held apply scientific methods required
required, not held collect biological data required
required, not held perform scientific research required

optional, not held keep task records optional

02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held laboratory equipment required
required, not held molecular biology required

optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held parasitology optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held write technical reports required

optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
optional, not held write research proposals optional

04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held use laboratory equipment required

optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional

05 education 1 required

required, not held scientific research methodology required

06 management skills 1 required

required, not held manage inventory required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a bacteriology technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held analyse experimental laboratory data skill
already held apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
already held assist in the production of laboratory documentation skill
already held biology knowledge
already held calibrate laboratory equipment skill
already held collect samples for analysis skill
already held laboratory techniques knowledge
already held maintain laboratory equipment skill
already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
already held perform laboratory tests skill
already held stem cells knowledge
already held analyse cell cultures skill
already held biological chemistry knowledge
already held clinical cytology knowledge
already held immunology knowledge
already held label samples skill
already held life sciences knowledge
already held virology knowledge

The 4 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 health and welfare 2 supplementary

optional, not held communicable diseases optional
optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional

08 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
optional, not held prepare visual data optional

09 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held preserve samples optional

10 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held parasitology optional
optional, not held perform fertility laboratory procedures optional
optional, not held assist in clinical trials optional
optional, not held communicable diseases optional
optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
optional, not held keep task records optional
optional, not held maintain freelance database optional
optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional
optional, not held prepare visual data optional
optional, not held preserve samples optional
optional, not held write research proposals optional

64 held skills the bacteriology technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse blood samples skill
not needed by the target role analyse samples of food and beverages skill
not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
not needed by the target role answer patients' questions skill
not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
not needed by the target role archive scientific documentation skill
not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
not needed by the target role automated analysers in the medical laboratory knowledge
not needed by the target role blood collection on babies knowledge
not needed by the target role blood donation knowledge
not needed by the target role blood transfusion knowledge
not needed by the target role blood type classification knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out quality control in microbiology laboratories skill
not needed by the target role check material resources skill
not needed by the target role check the received biological samples skill
not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role clinical biochemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role conduct routine blood testing skill
not needed by the target role cryopreservation knowledge
not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
not needed by the target role develop scientific research protocols skill
not needed by the target role dispose medical waste skill
not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
not needed by the target role examine cell specimens microscopically skill
not needed by the target role examine samples in dermatology skill
not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
not needed by the target role explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients skill
not needed by the target role fine-needle aspiration knowledge
not needed by the target role histopathology knowledge
not needed by the target role identify patients' medical records skill
not needed by the target role interpret electromyograms skill
not needed by the target role interpret hematological test results skill
not needed by the target role interpret medical results skill
not needed by the target role label blood samples skill
not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
not needed by the target role maintain medical laboratory equipment skill
not needed by the target role manage chemical processes inspection skill
not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill

24 further entries not listed here

8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held laboratory equipment required
required, not held molecular biology required
required, not held scientific research methodology required
optional, not held botany optional
optional, not held parasitology optional
optional, not held communicable diseases optional
optional, not held hazardous waste storage optional
optional, not held pharmaceutical industry optional

Index

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.